French Beginners - Week 9 homework
Due date: Monday October 26 (gray day) / Tuesday October 27 (purple day)
Nom: __________________________ Période: _______________ Date: ________________
Before doing this Homework, review REVIEW THE LESSON ON “J’aime” = I like, and also
the vocabulary related to the sound “o”, and the articles,
1. Articles: A noun is the name of a person, place or thing. In French, every noun has a gender,
either masculine or feminine. There are “gender markers” such as “UN”, UNE, DES (indefinite
articles) , or “LE, LA, L’, LES (definite articles)
le, la and les are the french equivalents for the.
As French makes a distinction between "masculine and feminine objects", people use le for
masculine things/persons and la for feminine things/persons.
However, in the plural, only les is used whatever the gender is.
un, une and des are the french equivalents for a and some.
un is used for masculine things/persons and une for feminine things/persons.
However, in the plural, only des is used whatever the gender is.
Masculine article
Feminine article
Plural (for both masculine and feminine)
Exercise 1: Translate the following into French
The girl
The boy
An apple
A pear
The fruits
The pants
Robots
The pig
A locomotive
The chocolate
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Indefinite articles
Definite articles
UN
UNE
DES
LE, L’
LA, L’
LES
Exercise 2 Plural:
In French, plural are mark with an “s” at the end of nouns, and of course use the plural articles
“DES” or “LES”
Exercise 2: Put the following singular words in plural
Singular
Plural
The girl
The boy
An apple
A pear
The fruit
The pant
Robots
The pig
A locomotive
The chocolate
Exercise 23 adjective - Feminine:
Adjectives: An adjective is a word that describes a noun.
Rules: In French, an adjective must agree with the noun it describes. If the noun is feminine, the
ending of the adjective is often “e”. If the noun is plural, add an “s” to the nouns and the
adjectives, but don’t pronounce the “s”. You just see it.
Ex: La fille est blonde. Le garçon est blond
Pronunciation rule: When a final consonant is followed by an “e”, you pronounce the consonant.
When a word ends in a consonant, you don’t pronounce it. Ex: petite
petit
Put the masculine adjectives below in the feminine form.
Masculine
Feminine
petit
grand
patient
Intelligent
blond
brun
intéressant
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